Google A.I. Search Reminds Me of AOL
Now that Google has committed fully to using A.I. in search results I find myself thinking of AOL. When I first began using a computer 25 or so years ago every person I KNEW was using AOL. It was the accepted thing to do and 'sign up for AOL' was widely distributed advice at the time.
I'd been using computer programs at work but a personal computer was new to me and I was learning from my older son (who had given me his used computer).
When I asked him why everyone I knew used AOL he explained it simply.
He said if you use AOL it's like taking a tour bus on the highway - you will be taken to the most popular destinations and the route will be chosen for you.
He said without AOL you are driving your own car and choosing your own lane. I never joined AOL.
Doing some google searches this week the results remind me of AOL - I have A.I. ads - I have A.I. descriptions/explanations and A.I. 'summaries' and 'questions answered by A.I. A.I. gives me a list of sites to visit and the majority of those sites are Amazon, Reddit, eBay, BIG sites.
Yes I know I can add a string to avoid the A.I. - though I usually just click on 'web' to change views. I don't know if that changes the results or not - haven't looked that closely.
It struck me as a highly advanced version of AOL - the A.I. tour bus will take me to the biggest mall where we will all shop at the recommended anchor stores. I HATE tours where everyone is herded around while given the same practiced information.
I'm one that prefers exploring the side streets and alleys where the little shops are - where the unique products can be found - where the 'tourist traffic' is thin.
It may change with improvements - but for now it seems my google searches have everything to do with 'size' of a site and little to do with SEO. Also occurs to me that Google's ability to prompt A.I. searches could be used to disseminate 'chosen' information or sway public opinion.
In one search this morning I made a general search (3 words) that is a highlight in recent news. The results - every single one of the results - promoted ONE side of the story while returning ONLY negative results for the 'other side'. I did several more search and found most search results were fairly balanced but 1-2 out of 10 returned biased results. (I say 'biased' because those results were always slanted in the same direction...if it were random, that would not be the case).
Tour bus? Google as Influencer? Anyone else noticed changes in search results since full implementation of A.I.?
I'd been using computer programs at work but a personal computer was new to me and I was learning from my older son (who had given me his used computer).
When I asked him why everyone I knew used AOL he explained it simply.
He said if you use AOL it's like taking a tour bus on the highway - you will be taken to the most popular destinations and the route will be chosen for you.
He said without AOL you are driving your own car and choosing your own lane. I never joined AOL.
Doing some google searches this week the results remind me of AOL - I have A.I. ads - I have A.I. descriptions/explanations and A.I. 'summaries' and 'questions answered by A.I. A.I. gives me a list of sites to visit and the majority of those sites are Amazon, Reddit, eBay, BIG sites.
Yes I know I can add a string to avoid the A.I. - though I usually just click on 'web' to change views. I don't know if that changes the results or not - haven't looked that closely.
It struck me as a highly advanced version of AOL - the A.I. tour bus will take me to the biggest mall where we will all shop at the recommended anchor stores. I HATE tours where everyone is herded around while given the same practiced information.
I'm one that prefers exploring the side streets and alleys where the little shops are - where the unique products can be found - where the 'tourist traffic' is thin.
It may change with improvements - but for now it seems my google searches have everything to do with 'size' of a site and little to do with SEO. Also occurs to me that Google's ability to prompt A.I. searches could be used to disseminate 'chosen' information or sway public opinion.
In one search this morning I made a general search (3 words) that is a highlight in recent news. The results - every single one of the results - promoted ONE side of the story while returning ONLY negative results for the 'other side'. I did several more search and found most search results were fairly balanced but 1-2 out of 10 returned biased results. (I say 'biased' because those results were always slanted in the same direction...if it were random, that would not be the case).
Tour bus? Google as Influencer? Anyone else noticed changes in search results since full implementation of A.I.?
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